Quick Start Propels Towson to Upset Over Georgetown

Andi Raymond factored in
Towson's first five goals and finished with four goals and three
assists in the Tigers' 14-10 win Saturday over
Georgetown.

TOWSON, Md. – The No. 17 Towson
women’s lacrosse team opened the game on a 6-0 run en route
to a 14-10 upset victory over No. 8 Georgetown on Saturday in
Unitas Stadium. It all started with Andi Raymond.

Raymond, the redshirt junior attacker,opened the game with three
goals and two assists to give Towson an early 5-0 lead. That's a
pretty good start by a player in her second game back after missing
all of last season with a pair of stress fractures in her lower
back that kept her out for eight months.

"They're a top-10 team, so we wanted to beat them," Raymond
said. "Coming out and making a statement early helped us throughout
the entire game. It set the tempo and got everyone fired up."

The early onslaught forced Georgetown to replace starting goalie
Barb Black with freshman Maddy Fisher. It did not help, as Raymond
pushed Towson's lead to 8-1 with her fourth goal at the 4:53
mark. Senior Ashleigh Rohrback saw Raymond streaking down the field
and passed to her. Raymond caught the ball and was one-on-one with
Fisher. She faked a shot and the fired the ball low in the bottom
right corner of the goal to give the Tigers a seemingly
insurmountable lead.

But Georgetown wouldn't quit. The Hoyas closed the half with
three straight goals, including two by Kelyn Freedman, to close
within 8-4. Meghan Farrell than opened the second half with a
goal to bring Georgetown within three.

Towson scored five of the next six goals.

Georgetown closed the game on a 4-1 run for the final
margin, outshooting the Tigers 22-7 in the second half and
finishing the game with a 34-21 advantage in that category. The
Hoyas also won 13 of 25 draw controls in the game.

But Raymond, who finished with four goals and three assists, put
them in too deep of a hole.

"Raymond is a really, really good competitor," Fried said. "She
played with a lot of intensity and a lot of heart. We looked a bit
slow and lethargic at the beginning of the game, but I think most
of it you have to give her the credit for how she came out. She
played with a certain mentality and she answered the bell when the
first whistle blew."

"We need to play with a little bit more heart at the beginning
of the game," Fried added. "I thought we kind of slept-walked
through the first part and Towson played very fast. We didn't look
ready, so that's our jobs as coaches to make sure that we're ready
at the beginning of the game."

Junior Kelsea Donnelly had a career-high 14 saves to earn the
win in goal for the Tigers.

"Our girls just had a valiant effort today from start to finish.
They never let up," Towson coach Sonia LaMonica said. "I'm just so
proud of how they stepped up and put themselves physically on the
line and held on for a great win."